Word: pains
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...Jackson threatened Obama's manhood in a whisper on Fox News. McCain adviser Gramm seemed to minimize voters' economic pain by declaring a "mental recession." Jackson's open microphone criticism of Obama for "talking down" to black people was replayed endlessly (and part of the fun was watching the media describe what it is, exactly, that Jackson wanted to do to Obama.) But by the end of the week the consensus was that Jackson had done Obama a favor, as the contretemps give Obama the freedom to distance himself from Jackson without directly offending his African-American base. Gramm...
...Speculation In his essay "Oil Follies," Michael Kinsley notes that if President George W. Bush "had used the political gift certificate he was granted on Sept. 11, 2002," he could have "imposed a $1.50-per-gal. (39¢-per-L) 'War on Terror' tax ... People would have screamed with pain, then started adjusting. Demand would have gone down, and today gas would probably be cheaper" [July 7]. How very clever. But Kinsley had a TIME pulpit in 2001. Why didn't he propose this great idea then? How easy it is to be clever in retrospect - though Kinsley seems less than...
...will it get? Will Europe work through these difficult challenges and continue growing? Or is it headed for another of its periodic downturns, accompanied by job losses and protracted economic pain for corporations and citizens alike? Here are five key issues to watch...
...person who is just an advocate of truth. I really will do anything to tell the truth, so it took me a long time to get to the point where I say, just don't tell. Because how does it make a person less guilty to inflict terrible pain on someone? Which is exactly what the confession does. It puts the other person in a permanent state of hurt and grief and loss of trust and an inability to feel safe, and it doesn't alleviate your guilt. Your relationship is dealt a potentially devastating blow. Honesty is great...
...make them confess--what?" Twain asked. "Truth? Or lies? How can one know which it is they are telling? For under unendurable pain a man confesses anything that is required of him, true or false, and his evidence is worthless...